February Flare Up is back, and this year we’re spotlighting research from the NSERC Canada Wildfire Strategic Network: Preparing Canadians for Changing Wildfires.

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Join us every Friday in February for a webinar series highlighting the research, methods, and insights developed through this network. Each session will feature a few of the many projects made possible through this initiative, including practical takeaways and time for questions and discussion.

 

Learn more and register for each session below:

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February 6 | 0930 MT / 1130 ET | Register

• Brief network overview with Mike Flannigan (Network Lead)

• A weakened diurnal weather cycle leads to longer burning hours in North America with Kaiwei Luo (Postdoc, University of Alberta)

• Stand and fuel structure following jack pine budworm defoliation in North American boreal forest with Zackary Shakeri (Postdoc, University of Toronto)

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February 13 | 0930 MT / 1130 ET | Register

• Boreal peat combustion during wildland fire: depth of burn, carbon loss, and environmental controls with Kailyn Nelson (PhD graduate, University of Lethbridge)

• Large fires in western Canada over the last 40 years and what the literature tells us about fuels with Emily Jones (PhD Candidate, University of Lethbridge)

• A look back at the last ~5 yrs, and what comes next with Chris Hopkinson and Laura Chasmer (Network PIs, Western University, formerly University of Lethbridge)

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February 20 | 0930 MT / 1130 ET | Register

• Optimizing airtanker dispatch policies for forest fire control with Max Beggs (MSc student, University of Toronto)

• Peat fires in a changing climate with Mike Waddington (Network PI, McMaster University)

• Novel spatial interpolation methods for the Fire Weather Index in Ontario with Shiwen Liu (Research Associate, University of Windsor)

• A daily lightning-caused wildland fire occurrence model for British Columbia with Sean Coogan (Researcher, Thompson Rivers University)

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February 27 | 0930 MT / 1130 ET | Register

• Wildfire containment probability is not affected by eastern spruce budworm defoliation in Ontario, Canada with Kennedy Korkola (PhD Candidate, University of Toronto)

• The impact of spruce budworm defoliation legacies on wildfire burn severity and post-fire recovery with Jack Goldman (PhD Candidate, University of Toronto)

• Using Terrestrial Lidar to evaluate the gradual change in fuel structure following jack pine budworm outbreaks with Léo Jourdan (Research Assistant, University of Toronto)